Last week, DFO announced this year’s food fishery will now run 7 days a week but here on the west coast, it will stay the same at only three days.
A Corner Brook politician, now retired after 35 year, says there is a clear injustice being done by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans towards the West Coast. Last week, DFO announced this year’s food fishery will now run 7 days a week but here on the west coast, it will stay the same at only three days. For zones 3PS and 4R3Pn, the west and south coasts DFO “reflected that these stocks remain in the critical zone.” Byrne says that was also true for the east and northeast coasts, which have since increased, therefore Ottawa changed the rules. He says Quebecers have a more significant access to a fishery on the west coast of NL despite the fact it’s the same zone.
Byrne says some of the advocates for an increased food fishery, particularly in the St. John’s and Avalon area have been saying for years that everybody should be treated fairly and the same. He says they also agreed with DFO’s decision and said it was “understandable” due to the state of cod stocks on the west coast, essentially agreeing that Ottawa had the right strategy all along. Byrne says it just goes to show there is an east-west divide in our own province
This year’s Food Fishery season will run from Memorial Day/Canada Day to Labour Day each year. The fall period will be September 19 to September 27. The daily bag limit will stay at five fish per person but the 15-fish per boat has been eliminated.
Clarenville RCMP looking for 48-year-old Jeremy Bugden who was last seen on July2nd
Port Saunders RCMP looking to arrest 33-year-old Tyler James Melvyn Bennett
Charges upgraded now that a young boy has died after being struck by a vehicle in St. John's
Single vehicle crash near the airstrip in Bell Island claims the life of a 58-year-old man
Corner Brook submits plan for federal funding to help with the costs of paving roads
